I think I have another theme going this week. See if you can spot it. I opened my watercolor pad, only to find an existing sketch (one I wasn't particularly interested in at the moment). I didn't want to waste the page, though, so I decided to play around and reverse the colors. I made the statue green and the leaves red/orange. I had fun and I like it—it's as if I visited the museum in autumn.
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| Seated Bodhisatva, Boston MFA 10.2" x 15" |
From there, I returned to the block with the stained edge. I still had some yellow/red/orange pools on my palette and was loving those colors (plus, heaven forbid I should waste paint!). So I started this bird of paradise plant as seen on a pre-Covid trip to California. The plant was beautiful and I'm hoping to do it justice. Also, I'm loving this paper (Arches rough).
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| Bird of Paradise 9" sq. |
I know that the statue is kind of rough hewn and you have that alright, but I think he could use a touch more color. That flower looks fine but watch out for that leaf stealing the show. As we like to say so often in class the leaves do all the work but the flowers get all the credit.
ReplyDeleteI too love painting individual leaves and these look really fun although it can be tiresome. I think you could have more variety in the reds and yellows to make it more fun for you by blending them on the paper. It would provide more interest to me. Looking forward to the flower and the leaf.
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